Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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Northern Community Radio is an independent, nonprofit organization that operates a unique community-based public radio station, KAXE and KBXE. NCR serves most of north central, northeastern and northwestern Minnesota with a 100,000-watt signal originating in Grand Rapids at 91.7 FM and a 50,000-watt signal in Bemidji at 90.5 FM. Northern Community Radio also operates translators in Brainerd at 89.9 FM 

Northern Community Radio is a different kind of radio. When you tune in NCR you hear northern Minnesota...its people, environment, communities, attitude. These are the "stars" of NCR programs. NCR is a place where people gather to dance to good music or to find out about the flowers in the ditches and the birds at their feeders. It's a place to learn about the world, laugh, meet good neighbors, and share ideas.

Series

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10 Pieces

Power in the Wilderness: Dramatized episodes about Iron Range historical figure Victor Powers.

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213 Pieces

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

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17 Pieces

Each Friday Morning we pull up a chair to one of member's kitchen table and get to know them a little better.

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8 Pieces

A series of interviews with artists that explores a community arts project addressing the aftermath of suicide.

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106 Pieces

Wordish is a writer-centered audio segment that features Minnesota artists reading original poems, short fiction and creative essays. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

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21 Pieces

The next generation of youth making real, relevant radio.


Latest Pieces

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John Berquist of Eveleth has been telling stories and performing traditional music of Scandanavian-Americans for almost 40 years. Here’s a story fr...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
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John Latimer shares his observations of the change of nature in our lives.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 15:11
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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus John Latimer has our seasonal tick talk with Dr. Ed Anderson, including what to ...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 01:01:54
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. May 04, 2010 show.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 09:26
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Why did we ever reserve a drawer for the probably-useless, but not quite discarded?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
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You want a junk drawer in every room, don't you?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
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As things accumulate, they must be sorted. Some things, because of shape, status or size, defy such organization...so a place must be created..

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:36
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We be talk with MN Legend Willie Murphy about his latest CD “A Shot of Love in a Time of Need.” Willie Murphy helped define the sound of blues and...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 37:31
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with KAXE Member Maria Edington in Grand Rapids, who has one of the best laughs we've ever heard. She had a hay bale breakfast...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 17:30
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It’s that time of year again! Time to clean out your JUNK DRAWERS! Tune in this Saturday to Between You and Me with Heidi Holtan from 10-noon J...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00:28